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SGA goes abroad to connect with alumni

by Lacey Palmer Staff writer

Traveling across the globe may seem like a daunting task, but for five West Virginia University representatives, it’s part of the job.

To connect with alumni and future students, five University representatives traveled overseas last week.

Tom Sloane, executive director of international and global relations; Zach Red-

ding, student body president; Jarred Zuccari, student body vice president; Ken Gray, vice president for student affairs; and Stephen Douglas, president of the alumni association, traveled to Japan, Thailand and Malaysia during a nine day trip that cost $30,000 total.

The WVU Alumni Association paid $6,000 for Douglas’ portion, while the Department for Student Affairs covered the remaining $24,000

for the other representatives to attend.

The main focus of the trip was to connect with alumni in Asia, Redding said.

“Our primary initiative in our travels to Japan, Thailand and Malaysia was to meet the charter three alumni chapters,” he said. “In doing so, we were able to become acquainted with many former WVU alumni abroad, speak with them about what life at WVU is currently like and give

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This fall, some first-time West Virginia University students won’t have a home in one of the University’s oncampus residence halls.

The University announced housing was at full capacity and ceased accepting housing applications for the 2012-13 school year June 15. Some students have been placed on a waiting list, while others have been referred to off-campus housing.

According to the WVU housing website, all single first-year students are required to live in University housing. In addition, transfer students with fewer than 29 transferable credit hours are also required to live on campus. However, housing is only available on a firstcome, first-serve basis, and space often fills rapidly.

“We’re not turning away huge numbers of students,” said Corey Farris, director of housing and interim dean of students. “This is just a handful of students who were really late in the housing process.”

According to officials,

reaching maximum capacity isn’t uncommon.

“On-campus housing is at full capacity; however, this is an issue that typically happens this time of year,” said WVU Residence Hall Association President Walter Hardy.

While limited housing is not a new problem for the University, Hardy said there are currently no plans to expand the on-campus housing opportunities for students.

“The new Evansdale Master Plan does not call for expansion of the current residence halls. There are plans to add academic precincts and recreational precincts, but in their plans for the next 5-10 years, residential precincts have not been evaluated,” he said.

While the University recognizes the housing shortage, WVU housing is looking forward for a longer- term sustainable housing plan, Farris said.

“We can’t rush out and buy and build more housing all of a sudden, because then all of a sudden what if we don’t have the students

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MountainFest brings bikers, business to Morgantown by bryan bumgardner City editor

For four days last week, the annual MountainFest Motorcycle Rally brought hundreds of roaring motorcycles – and business – to the Morgantown area.

July 25-28, the eighth annual MountainFest hosted events, music and vendors at Mylan Park, attracting motorcycle enthusiasts from around the country to attend.

This year’s event brought country music star Trace Adkins, as well as the Davisson Brothers Band and Steppenwolf, among others.

The event is organized

by MountainFest LLC, and is designed to expose bikers from all places to West Virginia, according to their website. Proceeds from the event benefit public projects at Mylan Park, which are focused on enriching the community.

For Morgantown residents, public services and hotels, the motorcycles represent a weekend of good business.

“We’ve found with the

years past, it hasn’t really been the headache that we anticipated,” said Sgt. J. R. Robinson, with the Morgantown City Police. “Anytime there’s a large influx of people into the city, it’s been a concern for the police department.”

However, Robinson noted the police had not been called for any major incidents, and the department’s biggest project was directing traffic during the MountainFest parade through town.

“Our call volumes increase anytime there’s a large influx of people, but there was nothing more than you’d expect,” he said.

Local gas stations are another business that felt the impact of MountaFest.

“In recent years MountainFest has had a large, positive effect on the store.

It has been, by far, the biggest weekend every year,” said Ashlee Shafer, Assistant Manager of Donnie’s Citgo.

“We prepared for MountainFest by purchasing and

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they have done for WVU. “When we go on recruiting trips, these same alumni come to our college fairs and work with us on giving out information about the university,” Sloane said. “Many times they’ll even speak to parents and students in their native language. It’s always a big help wherever we go when we have alumni with us.”

Redding agrees that having

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A participant in the Mountaineer Olympics watches the birdie go over the net during a badminton match Tuesday afternoon in the Mountainlair ballrooms.

by bryan bumgardner city editor

In the spirit of the Olympic Games, West Virginia University brought the competition to the students during the first quadrennial Mountaineer Olympics.

The Mountaineer Olympics were held Tuesday at 4 p.m., and teams of students competed for medals, glory and, most of all, cash prizes.

To celebrate Olympic tradition students competed in games such as volleyball, badminton and table tennis.

At the end of the event individual medals were given out for each sport.

The team with the most points overall received five $100 gift cards sponsored by Coca-Cola.

Student body Vice President Jarred Zuccari was part of the winning team.

“I think it’s a great event, win or lose,” he said. Zuccari brought home five medals from the events.

Rainstorms forced organizers to create pitched events in the Mountainlair ballrooms.

“People might think they’re cheesy at first, but they’re a lot of fun,” he said. “I had a blast.”

Some teams came for the competition, while others came with more literal goals.

“We’re here for the five hundred bucks,” said Morgantown native Billy Hogan when asked about his motivation.

In pursuit of the prizes, Hogan and his team played volleyball on the Mountainlair Plaza in a rainstorm.

Senior Programming Administrator for the Mountainlair Sonja Wilson was instrumental in creating the event.

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Mountaineer Jonathan Kimble laughs after being eliminated in a game of ‘musical chairs’ during the Mountaineer Olympics Tuesday afternoon in the Mountainlair ballrooms.

“We normally don’t do a lot of programming for the students that go to summer school here,” she said. “I thought the summer Olympics would be a good thing.”

Wilson wanted to help the summer students socialize in a friendly environment.

Christine Schussler, a WVU grad student who helped organize the event, commented on how smoothly the event came together.

“We are all kinds of creative and fun in our own different ways in deciding on events, and the College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences has been great in providing us with the equipment we need,” she said. bryan.bumgardner@mail.wvu.edu

Sbarro to accept meal plan after renovations A few big changes are coming to a decade-old West Virginia University Mountainlair restaurant.

According to Mountainlair officials, Sbarro is closed for renovations until the fall.

The Italian restaurant Sbarro, which has been serving students for nearly 10 years, is officially becoming a West Virginia University entity.

This means Sbarro will now accept meal plan credits.

“The primary reason we’ve gone on this route was to put it on the meal plan,” said Michael Ellington, associate vice president for Student Affairs and director of the Mountainlair student union.

Sbarro was the only restaurant in the Mountainlair to not accept meal plans, confusing many students, Ellington said.

“Students are very discouraged when something isn’t on the meal plan,” he said. “When it’s the only restaurant that isn’t on the meal plan, they’ll constantly ask why.”

In addition, Sbarro will be receiving updated equipment, including expanded pizza ovens, electronic menu screens and, according to Ellington, a visual overhaul.

“We’re gonna give it a fresh look,” he said.

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After being acquired by WVU, Sbarro has closed until mid-October for renovations. One of the changes upon reopening will be the acceptence of WVU meal plans.

Renovation is expected to take approximately 13-16 weeks, from bidding to demolition and construction.

According to University sources, the renovation is designed to improve service for the students.

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they can support and guide student recruiters who travel abroad.

In WVU’s strategic plan for 2020, global engagement is an area of focus. According to Douglas, WVU has 1,500 international students.

The goal is to have 3,000 by 2020.

According to Sloane, another major goal of the trip was to recognize loyal alumni who have spread across the globe and recognize what

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them pointers on how to help us gain prospective students from their countries.”

According to Douglas, the alumni association is also looking at organizing groups in China, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Brazil.

“These organizations have made great strides and helped us recruit students in their area,” Douglas said.

Douglas also said alumni groups are important because

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Wednesday August 1, 2012

Acting camp helps children build confidence, talent by lacey palmer staff writer

Someone walking into the Metropolitan Theatre on a weekday morning might think a bunch of noisy children inside were just misbehaving. They might be acting up, but they’re doing so for a summer acting camp sponsored by the Morgantown Theatre Company.

On weekdays this summer from 8:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., children ages 7-12 can attend camp at the Metropolitan Theatre on High Street. Students participate in theater, art, music, dance and creative writing activities, depending on the theme for the week.

This summer is the first

summer the camp has been only half of a day instead of a full day. Consequently, enrollment is down, according to Nick Keresztury, volunteer event coordinator for the Morgantown Theatre Company.

“When we got started 10 years ago, this camp filled a void in Morgantown,” Keresztury said.

“There weren’t many theater camps around, and now there are quite a few.”

According to Keresztury a full day is difficult to organize, and it’s more beneficial to focus on the theater aspect.

Despite the drop in attendance, Keresztury believes the camp is a perfect opportunity for children to learn about theater, from

making costumes and props to acting in the final performance at the end of the summer.

“I think it’s important to get the kids involved at a younger age because they’re more likely to come back and gain more experience in theater,” Keresztury said.

Keresztury enjoys working with the camp and marvels at the children’s talents.

“I think the most rewarding part is seeing how excited the students are to participate,” Keresztury said. “A lot of times this is their first experience, and it’s possible that the parents are just looking for something to do, but the kids come in and keep taking classes year after year.”

Camp instructor Katie Luckini agrees the summer camp is a beneficial opportunity for the children.

“These camps are great for us as a company because it recruits new kids to be in our plays and we promote children’s theater in Morgantown,” she said. “This camp is important because it builds confidence in the kids and allows them to socialize.”

Luckini described how the camp can help children break down social barriers.

“When kids can sing and dance and express themselves in that way, it just gives them the confidence to speak in front of a crowd or go talk to a new person, for example,” she said.

The children enrolled agree they enjoy MTC’s

summer camp. Cord Cobun, who has been attending camp for four years, enjoys meeting new friends and will always remember playing the steel drums two years ago.

“This week has been really, really fun because it involves my favorite pastimes: singing and dancing,” Cobun said.

Kate Aultman-Moore, age 11, is enjoying her first week of MTC summer camp.

“I like being with all the people, and doing the same dances and having a lot of voices with me when I’m singing,” AultmanMoore said. “I just like being with a lot of people and doing things in unison, especially dancing.”

Every year, Luckini

looks forward to spending time with children at the camp and watching them progress.

“When a little kid comes out of their shell a little bit, when someone really shy has a big smile on their face during a performance, or when someone sings their solo at the end and are no longer scared, that’s always a rewarding moment,” said Luckini.

Tuition for the camp is $125 per week. To register, visit www.morgantowntheatrecompany.org and submit the Summer Camp 2012 registration form.

Contact the Morgantown Theatre Company if you have any questions or concerns at (304) 291-6826. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

NASA’s latest Mars Rover, Curiosity, is due to land on Mars next week PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — It’s NASA’s most ambitious and expensive Mars mission yet - and it begins with the red planet arrival late Sunday of the smartest interplanetary rover ever built.

Also the most athletic.

Like an Olympic gymnast, it needs to “stick the landing.”

It won’t be easy. The complicated touchdown NASA designed for the Curiosity rover is so risky it’s been described as “seven minutes of terror” the time it takes to go from 13,000 mph to a complete stop.

Scientists and engineers will be waiting anxiously 154 million miles away as the spacecraft plunges through Mars’ thin atmosphere, and in a new twist, attempts to slowly lower the

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Kati Gear, an employee in sales at Euro-Suites Hotel on Chestnut Ridge Road, has come to expect the hotel to be full during MountainFest.

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rover to the bottom of a crater with cables.

By the time Earthlings receive first word of its fate, it will have planted six wheels on the ground - or tumbled itself into a metal graveyard.

If it succeeds, a video camera aboard the rover will have captured the most dramatic minutes for the first filming of a landing on another planet.

“It would be a major technological step forward if it works. It’s a big gamble,” said American University space policy analyst Howard McCurdy.

The future direction of Mars exploration is hanging on the outcome of this $2.5 billion science project to determine whether the environment was once suitable for microbes to live. Previ-

filled up, and we get a lot of return business,” she said.

Morgantown was affected by rainstorms during MountainFest, but Gear said the bikers weren’t affected.

“I thought the rain would keep people away, but they still came,” she said. Most of the bikes were parked underneath the Euro-Suite’s shelter during the rain.

Gear welcomed the annual procession.

“They’re good for business, and they’re all really friendly,” she said. “We haven’t had any problems.” bryan.bumgardner@mail.wvu.edu

ous missions have found ice and signs that water once flowed. Curiosity will drill into rocks and soil in search of carbon and other elements.

Named for the Roman god of war, Mars is unforgiving with a hostile history of swallowing man-made spacecraft. It’s tough to fly there and even tougher to touch down. More than half of humanity’s attempts to land on Mars have ended in disaster. Only the U.S. has tasted success, but there’s no guarantee this time.

“You’ve done everything that you can think of to ensure mission success, but Mars can still throw you a curve,” said former NASA Mars czar Scott Hubbard who now teaches at Stanford University.

The Mini Cooper-sized spacecraft traveled 8 1/2 months to reach Mars. In a sort of celestial acrobatics, Curiosity will twist, turn and perform other maneuvers throughout the seven-minute thrill ride to the surface.

Why is NASA attempting such a daredevil move?

It had little choice. Earlier spacecraft dropped to the Martian surface like a rock, swaddled in airbags, and

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Continued from page 1 international connections is beneficial to our University.

“We live in a global world, and connecting with people of all ages internationally is tremendously important in our University’s push to compete with the top schools in the country,” Redding said. “I also believe that experiencing new culture is one of the most beneficial things an individual can do.”

Sloane enjoyed the trip personally because he knows many of the alumni.

“It’s like seeing old friends that I haven’t seen in 15 or 20 years,” Sloane said. “Seeing them in their career, bringing their children up and how successful they are is amazing.”

Sloane and Redding said the trip demonstrated how WVU is widely recognized abroad.

“After a 13-hour flight to the other side of the world, I saw around 100 flying WVs, sang “Country Roads,” and felt as if I was right at home,” Redding said. “Our international alumni are incredible, and will only continue to get better in the future.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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An artist’s rendering provided by NASA shows the Mars Rover, Curiosity. After traveling 8 1/2 months and 352 million miles, Curiosity will attempt a landing on Mars Sunday night. bounced to a stop. Such was the case with the much smaller and lighter rovers Spirit and Opportunity in 2004.

At nearly 2,000 pounds, Curiosity is too heavy, so engineers had to come up with a new way to land. Friction from the thin atmosphere isn’t enough to slow down the spacecraft without some help.

During its fiery plunge, Curiosity will brake by executing a series of S-curves similar to how the space shuttle re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. At 900 mph, it will unfurl its huge parachute. It then will shed the heat shield that took the brunt of the atmospheric friction and switch on its ground-sensing radar.

Once the rover senses

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Continued from page 1 to fill the housing?” he said.

“We are constantly looking at what undergraduate and graduate enrollment is going to be. When the high demand for housing continues – that’s when we begin to look forward.”

Farris said WVU could only house 3,600 students in on-campus residence halls in the 1990’s. When the high demand for housing continued, the University began looking for solutions.

The University purchased Summit and Fieldcrest halls and began building Lincoln and Honors halls in the years that followed.

“We are looking forward right now, we just have to do it in a smart way,” he said.

“Fifteen years ago we could only house 3,500 to 3,600 students. In 15 years we’ve had a significant growth

touchdown, the cords will be cut.

“The degree of difficulty is above a 10,” said Adam Steltzner, an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the mission.

It takes 14 minutes for radio signals on Mars to travel to Earth. The lag means Curiosity will already be alive or dead by the time mission control finds out.

The rover’s landing target is Gale Crater near the Martian equator. It’s an ancient depression about the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined with a 3-mile-high mountain rising from the center of the crater floor.

During its two-year exploration, the plutoniumpowered Curiosity will climb the lower mountain

flanks to probe the deposits. As sophisticated as the rover is, it cannot search for life. Instead, it carries a toolbox including a power drill, rock-zapping laser and mobile chemistry lab to sniff for organic compounds, considered the chemical building blocks of life. It also has cameras to take panoramic photos.

Curiosity will explore whether the crater ever had the right environment for microorganisms to take hold.

Even before landing, it got busy taking radiation readings in space during its 352-million-mile cruise - information that should help its handlers back home determine the radiation risk to astronauts who eventually travel to the red planet.

from where we were.”

Today WVU housing can accommodate approximately 5,600 students, he said.

While looking forward for sustainable housing options Farris also said the University strives to for look financially sound options.

“WVU housing is completely self supportive.

We don’t receive any tuition dollars or government funding. We have to rely all on room and board charges and meal plans,” he said.

“We’re trying to be mindful of room and board charges for our students. We do not want to have to have higher charges.”

While some first-time students have been turned away from on-campus housing, the University is doing everything it can to accommodate those students in their transition to life at WVU, he said.

Hardy said for the first month of the fall semester

some students would be placed into overflow rooms in the lobby areas of Towers, which make up the Evansdale Residential Complex, until space becomes available.

The Office of Student Life has also assisted students by aiding them in their search for off-campus housing.

WVU also offers a commuter student program for those students living off campus. The program provides social activities, opportunities to meet other commuter students, academic progress counseling and referral information.

“The commuter program is a great way for the University to reach out to that handful of students that were not able to receive on-campus housing,” Farris said.

However, Hardy said he believes the experience students gain in the residence halls is a vital experience for every student at WVU. “Being RHA president, I really do enjoy the residence halls and the experience students gain from living in them. I do feel that the University is providing a real disservice by not having more housing, especially for upperclassmen,” Hardy said.

As an effort to provide all first-time students with the residence hall experience, Farris said residence hall programs and events are open to off-campus students.

“These students are more than welcome to participate fully in any residence hall program,” he said. “Whether it be tutoring or any other public programming event, off-campus students are welcome to come into any sessions.”

To learn more, visit http:// housing.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Back to campaigning for Romney after uneven trip WASHINGTON (AP) — Wrapping up a stumblemarred overseas trip, Mitt Romney pivoted quickly into a three-month stretch to the election on Tuesday with a new feel-good television ad. Aides simultaneously stoked speculation about his vice presidential pick.

The economy was Romney’s primary text abroad as well as at home. “We could probably learn something from what’s happening right here,” the former Massachusetts governor said of Polish policies shortly before boarding his chartered jet for the flight back to the U.S. He arrived in Boston early Tuesday evening.

Advisers accompanying him said he would resume direct criticism of President Barack Obama’s record soon enough, after observing a mini-moratorium while on foreign soil. Yet a new television commercial suggested another immediate priority was to close a likeability gap in the polls.

Shorn of any criticism of Obama, the ad appears designed to introduce Romney to voters in battleground states who know little or nothing about his personal background except what they’ve seen and heard in unflattering commercials aired by Democrats.

In the ad, Romney speaks of his years in private business, in government and as the head of the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City a decade ago and says, “I want to use those experiences to help Americans have a better future.”

In the final hours of his trip, in Warsaw, the Republican extolled the Polish economy as a model for the rest of the world in an era of slow growth or worse, and he simultaneously sought to limit the political fallout caused by comments he made earlier on a stop in Israel.

“The world should pay

close attention to the transformation of the Polish economy” since the end of communist rule more than two decades ago, he said in a speech in the Polish capital city. “A march toward economic liberty and smaller government has meant a march toward higher living standards, a strong military that defends liberty at home and abroad and an important and growing role on the international stage.

“Rather than heeding the false promise of a government-dominated economy, Poland sought to stimulate innovation, attract investment, expand trade and live within its means,” he added.

It was thinly veiled criticism one of several instances on the trip - of the policies Obama has pursued while in office, and Romney was slightly less veiled in a Fox News interview. He did not mention that joblessness in Poland is over 12 percent, roughly half again as much as in the United States.

With just under 100 days until the election, the presidential race remains a tight one, likely to be decided by a relative sliver of undecided voters who live in eight or so states that remain competitive. Romney heads to one of them on Thursday, when he resumes traditional campaigning with an appearance in the Denver area.

His time to pick a running mate is dwindling, with the Republican National Convention set to open on Aug. 27 in Tampa, Fla. His campaign unveiled an app for smartphones that officials said would “serve as the campaign’s first official distribution channel” for the news of his choice. Separately, Republican officials noted an announcement could come any day.

As for one of the controversies on his trip, Romney said in the interview with

Fox before leaving Europe that he hadn’t been speaking about “the Palestinian culture or the decisions made in their economy” in his remarks earlier in the week that prompted one Palestinian official to question whether his views were racist.

At a fundraiser with Jewish donors in Jerusalem, Romney had said their culture was part of what had allowed them to be more economically successful than the nearby Palestinians. He made no mention of the fact that Israel has controlled the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem since capturing them in the 1967 war, a presence that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund both say limits the economy’s potential for growth there.

In Poland as on other stops, Romney ignored shouted questions from reporters about his comments on Israel and the Palestinians. Asked why the former Massachusetts candidate had responded to just three questions from American reporters during the trip, traveling press secretary Rick Gorka said, “Shove it.”

The aide later called some journalists to apologize.

Aides later said that despite any mistakes made during the trip, there was little evidence they would materially affect the campaign.

“I don’t think that will go down in history as very important,” said Stuart Stevens of possible missteps.

Nor is it likely that Romney will suffer politically from any clash with the news media, nor suffer damage among Jewish voters for comparing Israelis favorably with the Palestinians.

While Obama’s aides and campaign staff missed no chance to pan Romney’s performance, it remains unclear whether the

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the University of Warsaw Library in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday. former Massachusetts governor achieved his goal of demonstrating to the public an ability to stride confidently across the world stage.

Of evident concern is polling indicating that while the voting public generally believes Romney has better economic policies than Obama, it views the president in more favorable terms personally.

In an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll completed on July 22, some 49 percent of registered voters said they had positive feelings toward Obama while 35 percent said the same about Romney.

In the same survey, 43 percent of registered voters said Romney would be better at dealing with the economy, while 37 percent said Obama would.

The new Republican ad was a joint venture of the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee

“We believe in our future, we believe in ourselves, we believe the greatest days in America are ahead,” Romney says as American flags flutter.

With the race near deadlock for months, ad spending was soaring in battleground states and non-existent in others.

The Obama campaign also unveiled a new commercial during the day, part of what detailed advertising records show is a heavy investment in the range of $30 million during August.

In the Fox interview, Romney suggested the news media were to blame for the culture controversy, saying some will “try to find anything else to divert from the fact that these last four years have been tough years for our country.”

There were other uneven moments on what Romney and his aides had planned as an illustration of his ability to handle the

world stage. In London, he drew a tart response from Prime Minister David Cameron after wondering aloud whether the British had adequately prepared for the Olympic Games now under way.

And in a speech in Jerusalem he declared that the city is the capital of Israel, even though the U.S. has its embassy in Tel Aviv and maintains a policy that the city’s designation is a matter for negotiations between the Jewish state and Palestinians.

Not surprisingly, he got nothing but criticism from the president’s surrogates.

Robert Gibbs, a senior campaign adviser, called the trip “an embarrassing disaster” for Romney. “He both offended our closest ally and triggered a troubling reaction in the most sensitive region of the world. He certainly didn’t prove to anyone that he passed the commander-inchief test,” Gibbs said.

Drew Peterson murder trial to begin Tuesday in Illinois

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Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow leaves court during a lunch break on the first day of jury selection in former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson’s murder trial in Joliet, Ill. Pontarelli testified that Peterson then ran up the stairs, took Savio’s pulse and declared somberly, “She is dead.”

“I asked him if we could cover her up,” a tearful Pontarelli recalled saying. She said Peterson responded they couldn’t because investigators would want the body untouched.

Jurors saw their first photos of Savio - one of her smiling with a friend, the other her lifeless body, a trail of blood running down the side toward her feet.

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Brodsky said Savio’s death was an accident because there was no sign of a struggle.

“The bathroom was in perfect order,” he said.

“There is not one shred of evidence whatsoever that Drew Peterson or anybody else for that matter was in that house. ...”Kathy slipped and fell in a household accident, case closed,” Brodsky said.

Brodsky also suggested that Peterson was the victim of a “media circus” after Stacy Peterson disappeared - he was charged in Savio’s death after his much younger fourth wife vanished.

The media rush to make Peterson out to be a killer was not about the truth, but “entertainment,” Brodsky said, citing a national TV host teasing a pathologist’s inquiry into the case before a commercial break. “If he (the pathologist) confirms it’s an accident, there’s no story.”

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with first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife, 40-year-old Kathleen Savio. He is suspected but not charged in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. He has denied wrongdoing in both cases.

The real-life drama inspired a TV movie and attracted national attention, as many speculated whether Peterson used his law-enforcement expertise to get away with Savio’s murder and make 23-year-old Stacy Peterson vanish.

The prosecution’s witness was Mary Pontarelli, a neighbor who discovered Savio’s body in a dry bathtub, her hair soaked with blood.

“I saw Kathleen in the tub, ran out, threw myself on the ground and started screaming,” she said, her voice cracking.

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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The murder trial of former suburban Chicago police sergeant Drew Peterson began Tuesday with dueling explanations of his third wife’s death, clashes over evidence and a teary witness’ description of finding her friend’s body.

Prosecutors gave jurors an account that could have come from a 1940s pulp novel, in which a man does whatever he must - including murder - to keep his exwife’s hands off his money.

On the other side, Peterson’s attorneys argued the former officer was a victim of something newer: a 24hour news cycle and cable TV’s talking heads, which together created a media frenzy that did not subside until prosecutors had charged an innocent man.

Peterson, 58, is charged

During Tuesday’s proceedings, Peterson appeared relaxed but engaged, jotting notes and occasionally looking at the crowded spectators’ benches.

In a dry, dispassionate tone, Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow told jurors that Peterson told Savio weeks before her death that he would kill her, and that she’d never see a divorce settlement or get his pension.

“The evidence will show that Kathleen Savio was murdered and it was made to look like an accident,” Glasgow said.

In his opening, defense attorney Joel Brodsky told jurors repeatedly there was no evidence that Savio’s death was anything but a tragic accident.

“You will hear nothing but myth, rumor, innuendo and hearsay,” Brodsky said about the prosecution’s case. “You have a man’s life in your hands ... deal with facts.”

He also sought to knock down what prosecutors will certainly contend - that the investigation into Savio’s death was a shoddy one.

Brodsky said Illinois State Police investigators were very experienced and conducted the investigation because the Bolingbrook Police Department wanted to make sure there were no

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Be aware of dangers while swimming Saturday afternoon a West Virginia University student lost his life because of the swift current of the Tygart River at a location known as “party rock.”

This is the second drowning in the area since July 21 when Rodney Childers, 34, drowned some 100 yards from the latest incident.

While West Virginia hosts many locations for swimming and beautiful scenery, swimmers

must realize the dangers of water.

It doesn’t matter how experienced you may be; anyone can fall victim to a strong undercurrent.

Even if the current seems calm and the water shallow, dangers could still lurk.

This is not to say you shouldn’t enjoy the wonders of West Virginia, but you should do so safely.

First of all, consider the

dangers before entering the water. If the current is high, don’t take the chance. Water can be one of the strongest and fiercest forces in nature; don’t think you can swim through anything.

Furthermore, shallow water can deepen suddenly, so don’t venture to areas far from the riverbank Second, while enjoying alcoholic beverages can be fun, you shouldn’t drink and swim. Drink-

ing and swimming in dangerous currents is a recipe for disaster and should be avoided at all costs.

Also, don’t overexert yourself while swimming. Cramping or simply exhaustion may lead to drowning. It’s easy to underestimate the powers of water, but doing so can be a grave mistake.

Make sure you are well rested and haven’t eaten 20 minutes prior to swim-

ming. This sounds like advice for a child, but it should be taken into account for swimmers of all ages.

Everyone is equally fragile; don’t think it can’t happen to you.

Summer activities are fun, and avoiding swimming dangers lets them stay that way.

Stay safe out there.

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Silencing opinions doesn’t show an open mind jeremiah yates opinion editor

I would hate to be a public relations specialist working for Chick-fil-A right now.

Many people, including powerful elected officials, are up arms with the chicken sandwich company about anti-gay comments made by Dan Cathy, the president Chick-fil-A. According to CNN, Cathy answered, “Well, guilty as charged,” when asked about the company’s support of the “traditional family.”

“We are very much supportive of the family – the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives.

We give God thanks for that.”

I am an open-minded person who believes everyone has a right to live his or her life the way they choose, whether they are gay or straight.

I do not support Cathy’s views, but I do support his right to say them.

If he believes the Bible’s standards of marriage, that’s fine, he is entitled to his opinion.

There are too many people who fight for free speech, just as long as it doesn’t offend them. Well, that’s not the way it works.

Free speech is free speech, plain and simple.

The same goes for any group of people who may have views opposing mine.

There are many groups within our nation that support hate and, at times, promote violence, such as the National Socialist Party or the Ku Klux Klan.

Many people, including powerful elected officials, are up at arms with the chicken sandwich company about anti-gay comments made by Dan Cathy, the president Chick-fil-A. When people listen to these groups speak, it usually causes outrage and disgust among onlookers. But, in a country such as ours, we should protect everyone’s right to free speech, whether or not we agree with the message.

When one person’s voice is silenced, for any reason, it becomes a slippery slope to silencing everyone’s voice.

If it were acceptable for one person’s opinion to be silenced, even if it were an opinion that was as offensive as the KKK’s message, it would open doors for speech that is accepted by the majority to be silenced

as well.

The only way to justly change opinions is to educate people on how to be tolerant of others’ lifestyles.

It is not possible for everyone to agree on every issue – there are 7 billion people on this Earth. But it is more practical for people to accept each other’s differences and live at peace.

Cathy’s remarks were not an attack on the gay community; he simply expressed his belief of how marriage should be.

Everyone doesn’t have to agree.

Both sides of the Chickfil-A debate are being

intolerant.

Although boycotting a restaurant is an individual’s right to free speech, elected officials should not be allowed to pick and choose which business is allowed to operate.

According to CNN, several politicians are claiming they don’t want Chick-fil-A in their cities.

“Because of (Cathy’s) ignorance, I will deny Chickfil-A a permit to open a restaurant in my ward,” said Chicago Alderman Proco Moreno.

This should send more people into a rage than Cathy’s comments.

Elected officials should not be aloud to deny permits to businesses because of the religious views of the owner. It clearly violates the right to free speech.

If elected officials have the power to regulate who can open a business on the grounds of moral standards and religious beliefs, then we should just burn the Constitution.

It would serve no one to allow a government to operate in this fashion, even if there are the best of intentions.

I do believe these politicians are trying to promote a better understand-

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ing of the gay community, but in their efforts to open one door, they are closing many others.

Promote equality through education and example.

While to some this is a fight for equality, this should be a fight for free speech.

I completely disagree with Cathy, but he should not be silenced; it is his inherent right to voice his opinion.

Promoting an openminded society cannot be achieved through promoting silence, regardless of the message.

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The smartphone disease is ruining the art of conversation Ty Johnson Oklahoma Daily university of oklahoma

I went to dinner with my family the other day and was excited to talk with my mother about the coming school semester. There’s a little Mexican restaurant in my hometown, and I was really craving enchiladas, so I thought it would be the perfect meal.

We walked in, sat down, and ordered our drinks. Being the last to order, I looked over to my mother and sister to strike up a conversation, only to find them busily typing away at their cell phones.

This isn’t a sight that is uncommon to me. Both of those girls are technologyaddicts, and I myself am

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guilty of the same vice.

Unfortunately, we aren’t the only American family that can’t take our eyes away from those little handheld screens. With technology so rapidly being improved and updated and revised, it has become increasingly easy to manage your entire life from the palm of your hand.

That doesn’t sound so bad though, right? I mean, why would you carry around a billion planners and handheld games and a computer when you can do it all from one small cell phone, right?

I agree. My smart phone has made my life extremely more manageable, but what it and it’s fellow phones are doing to the art of conversation is truly saddening.

The worst culprit? The text message.

Carl Jenquin, a blogger, writes that “Sending a text message, or texting, with

your mobile phone was first completed in 1989. In 1995, only about one message was sent by customers per month. The average increased to around 35 in 2000, and has continued to increase at an alarming rate.”

As I walk down the South Oval at our fine university, it’s rare that I see someone without a cell phone. There was a point in time, before the invention of cell phones (hard to believe that time existed, I know), that people would walk along the street and have conversations with one another. There was a time when families would go out to eat and talk with each other and the people around them. There was a time when everyone would talk face-to-face.

That time is over. It’s much easier to pull out your phone and text a friend, co-

worker, family member or partner than it is to go see them in person. This way of communication is in no way healthy. It has become so bad that people will even text each other from the other side of a table.

Because of this, real life conversations have become dull and uninteresting. There’s nothing to talk about with a girlfriend, boyfriend, or best friend when you have been texting them non-stop since you last saw them. This has made it impossible to make real life connections with people.

Here’s an example: I have this close friend, let’s call him Jack. Jack and I have been best friends since I moved to Bristow the summer before my seventh grade year. We would hang out everyday and have loads to talk about. Now Jack goes to a different school, and I

of course go to OU. Jack and I still text and keep each other updated, so much to the point that when we see each other, barely anything is said. The friendship that “Jack” and I once shared is totally ruined because we can’t even hold a real world conversation together.

Another example is my friend Sarah. Sarah is one of the sweetest girls I know, and she is a texting fiend.

She got her first cell phone when she was 12, and has texted at unbelievable speeds since then. Now, Sarah is socially awkward and doesn’t know how to talk to anyone, even managers or professors. She grew up having conversations with a small plastic slab, and now she doesn’t know how to talk to people.

Kids are getting phones at younger and younger ages and will eventually expe-

rience the same problems that Jack and Sarah have: they won’t know how to talk to people.

I’m not asking you to throw away your phone or ditch your text message plan, but what I am asking, for the good of all of us, or at least to avoid future awkward dates or interviews, is to look up from those small screens and experience the world around you. Introduce yourself to someone new.

Talk to your crush instead of stalking them on Facebook or Twitter. Call your parents instead of texting them between classes.

Go visit your old friends instead of casually liking their profile pictures.

There is a disease that is killing the art of conversation, and that disease is texting. The only cure is to talk to people, face-to-face.

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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets from 6-7 p.m. in Room 106 of Woodburn Hall. For more information, call 304-692-0038.

CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Chestnut Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748.

LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary. For more information, visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster.

MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304-906-8183 or email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets from 7 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www. morgantownchess.org.

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, email roy.baker@uscm. org or visit www.wvucru.com.

UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets.

For more information, email wvumethodist@comcast.net.

WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9-10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304-906-4427. New members are always welcome.

THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email kross3@ mix.wvu.edu.

TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street.

BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND

TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email bigltm. wvu@gmail.com.

CHESS CLUB meets from 6-9 p.m. in the food court of the Mountainlair. Players of all skill levels are invited to come.

For more information, email wvuchess@gmail.com.

THE CATALAN TABLE will meet at 4 p.m. at Maxwell’s restaurant.

All levels welcome. For more information, call 304-293-5121 ext.

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INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP meets at 7 p.m. in 316 Percival Hall. For more information, call 304-376-4506 or 304-276-3284.

FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will be hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6-8 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair. To register, email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

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WELLWVU: STUDENT HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293-2311 or visit www.well. edu.wvu/medical.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www.aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918.

CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit organization serving West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call 304-985-0021.

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For more information or to volunteer, email vc_srsh@hotmail.com or

call 304-599-5020.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services.

A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu. edu to find out more information.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-5985180 or 304-598-5185.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its oneon-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, call Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or email bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 2040 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for oneon-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email trella.greaser@live.com.

CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

THE WELLWVU CONDOM CLOSET is held in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-noon.

The closet sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

THE WELLWVU CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the main area of the Mountainlair from noon-2 p.m. every Wednesday. The caravan sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, zero in on what you want. Your luck factor increases right before your birthday in 2012. Take an active stand in your profession and/or community. The end result might be different from what you desire, but ultimately will work for you. If you are single, you attract many people. Making choices that work takes skill. If you are attached, the two of you have much to celebrate. You also need time alone. Close off a tie that isn’t working this year. CANCER can cause trouble.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Verbalize your concerns as well as the positives. Others need to know your priorities. By not sharing them, ultimately, you could cause a problem. Be responsible for your side of an issue or your opinion. Don’t try to control what happens. Let events flow. Tonight: Hang close to home.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Finances continue to be important.

Please don’t dismiss the importance of your innate assets. Sometimes you undermine yourself. Schedule a talk over dinner or for as late as possible. Know what your expectations are. Don’t undermine yourself.

Tonight: Visit with friends.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You are pushing hard to get where you want. Others might not understand the unpredictability of the moment.

You could have too much energy for your own good. Speak your mind and communicate. Don’t close off.

Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HH An insight could stop you cold. At first you might not understand the nature of someone’s emotional behavior. You will get important feedback. Willingly assume the limelight.

Curb a need to spend when you are stressed. Tonight: Nap, then out.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Use the daylight hours to the max. Stay in tune with your true goal. Sometimes it is easy to get tossed off kilter by so many people and their individual agendas. An important piece of news heads your way. Tonight: A little mystery shrouding your plans could add excitement.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Assume a position of leadership, knowing full well where your goals vary from the collective. You might need to make that difference known before executing plans. Opinions might be interesting but not helpful. Tonight: Do absolutely what you want.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Keep reaching out. A key person will respond with delight when he or she hears from you. This person might need to hear your feedback. The unexpected weaves through interpersonal relationships. Tonight: Accept the spotlight.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Willingly work with a partner. You’ll come up with unusual solutions together. An associate’s reaction might stun both of you. Detach. Try to walk in this person’s shoes, and much more will make sense. Have a much-needed conversation. To-

ACROSS 1 Trespass 4 With 36- and 62-Across, kids’ ball game, and something this puzzle’s four longest answers have in common 10 Collar or jacket 14 TNT element?

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23 Name of three presidents 24 Noodle product?

26 Glacial ridge 27 Horticulturist’s hangout 31 Happy co-worker?

33 Some TV screens 34 Go for, as a prize 35 Hogwarts messengers 36 See 4-Across 38 Tower city 39 Bolo, for one 40 Nudge 41 “I’m outta here!”

42 Meeting of Congress 44 “Les Girls” actress Elg 46 Latin word on a cornerstone 47 Getaway 49 Ionian Sea island 52 Place for a bargain?

54 She played Carla Tortelli on “Cheers” 57 Genetic carrier 58 Arena level 59 2009 Ruben Studdard album 60 Held by us 61 Numbers for one 62 See 4-Across 63 Little thing to pick DOWN 1 Recipe direction 2 Discount rack abbr.

3 She played Nicole Chapman on “Fame” 4 Trivia game that involves bluffing

5 Autumn color 6 Neither masculine nor feminine 7 Fashion designer Michael 8 She, in São Paulo 9 Jabber 10 Cast-of-thousands actors 11 Actress Hatcher 12 “Don’t count __!”

13 Rob Roy refusals 19 Washstand vessels 21 Gets the consolation prize 24 Creep 25 Snappy dresser 28 1996 Madonna role 29 Increase 30 Wine bottle datum 31 Colon’s pair 32 Abrasion, to a tot 33 Inc. abroad 36 Golfer’s selection 37 Thing to avoid 38 2011 TV show with multiple pilots 40 Calendar girl 41 Traffic cop’s request

43 Jungle journey 44 Working (with) 45 Lash out at 48 World-weariness 49 PC monitors 50 River formed at Pittsburgh 51 Lively dance 52 L.A.’s Sunset, e.g.

53 Bakery offering 55 Stately tree 56 Louis XIV, par exemple

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Cow and Boy

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night: Go with your imagination.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Others let you know that they don’t want or need your help. Grab this opportunity and further a personal project. You might not need to say a lot. Let others assume some responsibilities that you have always handled. Tonight: Togetherness.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Clear out as much as possible. You could be overwhelmed by everything that you need to do. Look at your goal and just start doing. You have much more energy than you realize. Schedule a meeting for tomorrow, if possible. Tonight: Out on the town.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Be as playful as you can be. Understand what is happening within a relationship. Someone’s aggression is coming from insecurity, hurt and anger. Thinking it is cute, much less sharing that thought, could inflame an already difficult situation.

Tonight: Let the fun happen.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You are coming from a solid place.

Though you might be uncomfortable with someone’s assertive manner, know that you are not changing it either. Schedule a talk as late as possible, when you might be more relaxed. Your creativity soars late today. Tonight: Midweek break.

BORN TODAY Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming (1948), wrestler Triple H (1969), singer Bobbie Gentry (1944)

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West Virginia senior wide receiver Tavon Austin had 123 yards and four touchdowns in the Discover Orange Bowl.

Finding motivation not an issue as WVU’s Austin heads into senior season by greg madia multimedia editor

West Virginia senior Tavon Austin has received about every preseason honor a wide receiver could earn this offseason.

He’s been named to the preseason all-Big 12 team as a wide receiver and punt returner.

He’s been put on the Biletnikoff, Maxwell and Davey O’Brien Award watch lists, and has been named to most national magazines’ preseason allAmerican team.

But even with those accolades, Austin isn’t com-

placent heading into the 2012 season.

“I really don’t like all the hype and all the media stuff,” Austin said. “I’m the type of person who likes to go on the field and show what I can do.”

Austin enters his senior year coming off an outstanding 2011 season where he showed his talent on the field, catching 101 passes for 1,186 yards and eight touchdowns, in addition to returning two kicks for touchdowns. But if there was one item of concern, it was catching punts.

He wouldn’t fumble. He

would let them bounce, and the WVU offense would be put in a tough spot, having to start a drive deep in its own territory.

This season Austin doesn’t want that to be the faulty part of his game.

“I’ve been catching punts this whole summer,” he said. “Hopefully I field the punts this year, my blocks get set up, and hopefully I take some to the house this year.”

As long as Austin fields the punts, everyone knows what he can do after he catches it.

He also looks at the move to the Big 12 like ev-

eryone else inside the West Virginia football program, as a chance to prove themselves on a bigger stage.

“We’re way in the country, we’re going to come here (to Texas) and play in the big lights, the big city,” Austin said. “This is something you dream of your whole life. These are teams you watched when you were a little boy.”

It’s easy to see that Austin is able to step up and play well on the national stage.

Take his performance in the Orange Bowl for example.

He set a bowl and BCS

record with four touchdowns in the game.

Flashing back to the Orange Bowl, Austin made it clear he took ESPN’s praising of Clemson’s Sammy Watkins personally.

Although he often seems quiet and subdued, Austin doesn’t have a problem finding the key to his ignition. Austin knows how to hone in on what makes him go and use it to his advantage.

With that said, this season Austin may have found the ultimate motivator.

“My motivation is to get my mother and my grandmother out of where

they’re living at right now. I have to get them out of Baltimore City,” Austin said.

“I’ll do it by being the best person I can be.”

Maybe it comes with being the smallest guy on the field at 5-foot-9, 174 pounds, but Austin always has something that drives him. In 2012, with so much riding on the line for Austin – his senior season, WVU’s first season in the Big 12, a chance to go to the NFL – there is no reason to think that Austin will do anything but rise to the occasion. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Campriani takes Silver in air rifle at Olympics by michael carvelli sports editor

Nicco Campriani became the first former West Virginia University studentathlete to earn a medal at the Summer Olympics since 2004 when he took home a silver medal in the men’s 10-meter air rifle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Campriani, who won an individual national championship in 2011 during his final season at West Virginia, came into the Olympics as the reigning air rifle world champion, but lost by 0.6 points to Romania’s Alin George Moldoveanu.

“Nicco’s silver medal is an unbelievable achievement and the result of so much hard work over the last four years,” said West Virginia head coach Jon Hammond. “He had a fan-

tastic match (Monday), and I am happy for him to be rewarded with a medal.

“I’m very proud to be able to say I coached Nicco on the WVU rifle team. He is a fantastic ambassador for WVU rifle. He fully deserves all the credit he will receive, and hopefully we can look for more success from him at these Games.”

To qualify for the finals, Campriani – who is shooting for Italy – and Moldoveanu tied, shooting an Olympic-record 599 with Campriani earning the No. 1 spot in the finals with a 5653 inner 10s edge.

Moldoveanu secured the gold medal after shooting a 103.1 in the finals with just one shot earning him fewer than 10 points. Campriani shot a 102.5 in the finals.

Campriani will participate in two more events in the Games. He has qualified

for the men’s 50-meter rifle prone, which will take place Aug. 3, as well as the men’s 50-meter rifle 3 position. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the world in 3 position.

Current WVU senior Petra Zublasing earned a 12th place finish in the women’s 10-meter air rifle.

West Virginia head coach and former WVU shooter Eric Uptagrafft will be shooting for Great Britain and the United States in the men’s prone. The qualification round begins Friday at 4 a.m.

Football single-game tickets now on sale Single-game tickets for most of the West Virginia football team’s home games in the 2012 season went on sale Tuesday at 9 a.m.

Tickets were made available to the public for the Mountaineers’ home games

against Marshall, Maryland, Baylor, Kansas State, TCU and Kansas. The only home game tickets were not available for was WVU’s Nov. 17 matchup against the preseason No. 1 team in the Big 12 Conference, Oklahoma.

Tickets began going quickly after they were made available. As of 5 p.m.

Tuesday, WVU Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Sales Matt Wells said that approximately 9,000 single-game tickets had already been sold.

Tickets to the Marshall, Maryland, Baylor and Kansas State games were suspended. The only games fans were still able to buy tickets to are the TCU and Kansas games. At 5 p.m. on Monday, there were 1,500 tickets remaining for the TCU game and 3,500 left for the season finale against the Jayhawks.

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Former WVU rifle champion Nicco Campriani won a Silver medal in the men’s 10-meter air rifle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London this week.

“We’re happy it happened this quick,” Wells said. “With the relatively limited supply, plus what we anticipated was going to be very high demand, we had a feeling they could go pretty quickly within a day or two.”

Wells said that nearly 75

percent of tickets sold Monday were purchased online.

Fans can purchase tickets online at http://WVUgame. com, by calling 1-800-WVUGAME or by going to the Mountaineer Ticket Office in the Coliseum james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

Neinas deserves credit for keeping Big 12 together michael carvelli sports editor

In the past few years, the Big 12 Conference’s annual Media Days in Dallas had been filled with a common theme.

That theme during that time was uncertainty.

With conference realignment imminent, it was unclear what the future held for the Big 12.

Teams were leaving the conference, eager to get off of the sinking ship that was the Big 12. After Nebraska and Colorado had left for the Big Ten and Pac-12, respectively, and Texas A&M had announced its intentions to leave for greener

pastures in the SEC, Dan Beebe was ousted as the Big 12’s commissioner.

A conference that was in bad enough shape with its dark and unclear future now found itself without a leader.

And then, Chuck Neinas stepped in.

“I wasn’t given a lot of time. When I got there I had to address the issues and do the best I could to help resolve them and get the league back to where it was moving forward again,” Neinas said.

“The big thing was to find a way to make sure that people were comfortable working together and just realize that every school’s best interest was to work together and make this league stronger.”

For Neinas the first order of business was easy to figure

out. He had to find a way to get Oklahoma and Texas on the same page.

Once he did that, everything started to fall into place.

“There were three big issues that we needed to address, and when we were able to get the presidents at Oklahoma and Texas to jointly offer a resolution, we were able to take care of all three,” Neinas said. “When the rest of the membership saw that OU and Texas were behind (staying in the Big 12), they said, ‘Of course, we vote yes too.’ ” Next for Neinas was to get back to 10 teams. With Texas A&M and Missouri leaving for the SEC, the Big 12 was left with eight teams in the conference.

So, with a committee con-

sisting of two of the league’s presidents, two athletic directors, representatives from the league’s two television partners and three outside consultants who provided Neinas with objective advice, the Big 12 began its search for the final two teams to bring the league back to where it wanted to be.

“There were about 15 schools that contacted us with interest. We didn’t have to reach out and beg anyone to join the conference,” Neinas said. “That helped us go about it in the orderly fashion we went in.”

The first school to make the jump was TCU. The Horned Frogs left the Big East before they had even

see carvelli on PAGE 8

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Former Big 12 Conference Interim Commissioner Chuck Neinas was influential in West Virginia’s move to the Big 12.

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Phelps becomes record Olympic medal holder (AP) — Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time on Tuesday, winning a record 19th medal in the pool as China’s swimming sensation Ye Shiwen grabbed her second gold of the Games.

Phelps anchored the US team to a convincing victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay to secure gold and beat the record of 18 medals amassed

by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina between 1956 and 1964.

The American had earlier had his bid for a 200m butterfly Olympic treble thwarted by Chad le Clos of South Africa, but the silver allowed him to match the record medal haul before the relay sealed his unprecedented achievement.

Phelps, 27, won six golds and two bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Games, then AP brought home a spectacular United States’ Michael Phelps poses with his medal for the men’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay swimming final at the Aquat- eight golds from Beijing.

He has suffered a testing ics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London

Games in London, slumping out of the medals in the 400m individual medley and then having to settle for silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

But Phelps’ record 19th medal was never in doubt in Tuesday’s relay as he took over the final leg with a healthy lead and powered home to leave France trailing in silver and China with bronze.

Ye, just 16, is likely to fuel more speculation about her remarkable performances after she added the 200m individual medley title to the 400m individual medley crown.

The Chinese girl was lagging behind the leaders at the turn in the Aquatics Centre, but produced a powerful final 50m to overhaul Australia’s Alicia Coutts in an Olympic record time of 2min 7.57sec.

Her swim came just days after her lightning freestyle leg in the longer medley propelled her to a new world record.

Ye’s emergence has raised unproven suspicions of doping, with John Leonard, executive director of the World Swimming Coaches’ Association, describing her display in the 400m medley as “impossible.”

But Chinese authorities went on the offensive, saying it was unfair to point the finger at their swimmers.

“The Chinese athletes, including the swimmers, have undergone nearly 100 drug tests since they arrived here,” Jiang Zhixue, the head of antidoping at China’s General Administration of Sport, told Xinhua news agency.

“Many were also tested by the international federations and the British anti-doping agency. I can tell you that so far there was not a single positive case.

“I think it is not proper to single Chinese swimmers out once they produce good results. Some people are just biased.”

Former British swimmer Adrian Moorhouse, a gold medallist in the 100m breaststroke in the 1988 Seoul Games, issued a strong defence of Ye, saying it was possible China had unearthed their

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Continued from page 6 played a game in the league.

In early October, not too long after Pittsburgh and Syracuse announced they would leave for the ACC, Neinas received a call.

“I was in the car driving somewhere. My phone rang, and it was (WVU President) Jim Clements,” Neinas said. “We had a conversation about West Virginia possibly joining the league, and that’s how it all got started.”

By the end of the month, West Virginia had accepted the Big 12’s invitation to join the league as its 10th member, completing the effort toward restoring the conference to where it wanted to be.

And Neinas deserves a lot of credit for that.

It couldn’t have been easy to step in under those kinds of circumstances and navigate a league in that much turmoil and turn it into the league we see it as today.

It’s now one of the strongest conferences in the country, as evident in its recent partnership with the SEC to start the Champions Bowl.

own Phelps.

“I think it’s sour grapes,” Moorhouse said. “I think it’s quite insulting actually.”

In the gymnastics arena, the United States won the women’s team final to claim their first gold medal in the event since 1996. Russia had to settle for silver while Romania pipped 2008 Olympic champions China to bronze.

USA women’s gymnastics takes team gold LONDON (AP) — One by one, the Americans thundered down the runway, soared high above the vault and slammed into the mat.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

When the fireworks were over, so was everybody else’s chance for the gold medal.

The Americans lived up to their considerable hype and then some Tuesday night, routing silver medalist Russia and everybody else on their way to their first Olympic title in women’s gymnastics since 1996. Their score of 183.596 was a whopping five points better than Russia’s, and set off a debate over whether this is the best U.S. team of all time.

Romania won the bronze.

“Others might disagree.

The ‘96 team might disagree.

But this is the best team,” U.S. coach John Geddert said.

The Americans didn’t botch a single routine, and all but three of their 12 scores were 15.0 or higher. The Russians, on the other hand, had just one score above 15 in their last two events as they unraveled down the stretch. They sat on the sidelines sniffling and watching glumly as the Americans turned their final event, floor exercise, into a coronation.

When the final standings flashed, chants of “U-S-A! U-SA!” rocked the arena, and the U.S. women, who backed up to get a better view of the scoreboard, held up their index fingers for the cameras — in case anyone had a doubt.

“The feeling was incredible,” world champion Jordyn Wieber said. “To have this gold medal around your neck, it’s really an indescribable feeling.”

Even though Neinas has left the conference, the Big 12 is still in great hands. New commissioner Bob Bowlsby is one of the most highly respected administrators in college athletics. He turned Stanford into one of the premier athletic departments in the country during his time there, and was one of the most successful NCAA tournament chairmen.

But even Bowlsby acknowledges that he and the Big 12 wouldn’t be where they were last week at Big 12 Media Day without the work Neinas was able to do during his short time as the league’s interim commissioner.

“We’ve had some challenges over the last couple of years that have made us pretty uncomfortable,” Bowlsby said. “Last September, during a time when there was great instability, we were fortunate enough to entice Chuck Neinas to come and put his hand on the tiller and try and bring a period of calm to the league.

“And through his sage advice and insights and experience, we were able to get through a really tough time.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Big 12 loaded with talented quarterbacks in 2012 by michael carvelli sports editor

It’s hard to argue that there has ever been a better time to be a quarterback in the Big 12 Conference than in 2012.

The league’s teams have started throwing the ball more than ever in the last few years. Five of the Big 12’s 10 teams were ranked in the top 25 in passing attempts per game and five were in the top 10 in passing yards.

There were already plenty of talented signal callers in the Big 12 anyway, but with the addition of West Virginia’s Geno Smith and TCU’s Casey Pachall, the conference has become arguably the nation’s premier league for quarterback play.

“It’s going to be really competitive between all the quarterbacks out here this year,” said Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege.

“We all want to be the best, and you’re judged by winning and losing. When me and (West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith) get to compete, we know it’s all about who wins the game and not who has the better stats.

“That’s what makes the group of quarterbacks in this league so special is that we all know that it’s about being the guy who can lead their team to a win.”

There are five quarterbacks in the Big 12 who are on the preseason watch list for the Davey O’Brien Award, which honors the nation’s best quarterback every year. Doege and Smith join

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West Virginia senior quarterback Geno Smith was named the Big 12 Conference’s preseason Offensive Player of the Year and first team all-Big 12 quarterback this season.

Oklahoma’s Landry Jones, Kansas State’s Collin Klein and TCU’s Casey Pachall as the five Big 12 representatives on the list.

With that much star power at one position, it’s difficult for teams to prepare to try to stop the high-powered offenses the Big 12 has to offer.

“You have to minimize it,” said Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads. “There is all kinds of offensive talent in this league, and they’re going to get their points,

especially with the rules and with these offensive schemes.”

Of all the talented quarterbacks in the conference, it’s been Smith who has garnered the most attention this offseason. West Virginia is entering its first year in the Big 12 with high expectations to live up to, and so is the Mountaineers’ senior quarterback.

The Miami native was named the conference’s preseason Offensive Player of the Year and was voted by the media as the

preseason first team all-Big 12 quarterback.

“I’m honored to be among the names like Landry Jones, Collin Klein and (Baylor quarterback) Nick Florence,” Smith said.

“I don’t know what to say about it. I haven’t thought about it in any way. I don’t walk around and boast that like it’s some major accomplishment. The only thing I’m worried about is winning games.”

Smith earned those honors over Jones, the person who many

people considered as the favorite for those titles. Jones threw for 4,463 yards and 29 touchdowns as a junior.

He considered leaving Oklahoma to go into the NFL draft, but in the end decided he still had plenty of work left to do before his Sooner career comes to a close.

“I don’t want to be someone who just has a lot of good stats,” Jones said. “I want to be looked at as the guy who got to go play in the National Title Game and was able to win one.”

With that much talent, there are lots of common things the Big 12 quarterbacks all share.

“Quarterback is a position that requires so many different things,” Klein said. “You can’t just have a strong arm. You have to have a multitude of different things that are honed in and worked on constantly that you have to bring to the table in order to be successful.”

They all said it takes a lot of hard work to get to the point where they’re at now. But getting to be a successful quarterback in one of the best conferences in the country is a dream come true for a lot of these players.

“It’s something every quarterback thinks about when they’re growing up,” Doege said. “You get to be on the video games and see all the people walking around wearing your jersey.

“It’s just something that’s kind of surreal.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

Twitter impacting London Olympics, for better or worse LONDON (AP) — It’s amazing how much trouble can be stirred up in 140 characters.

But also how much intimacy, excitement, global scope and, yes, general zaniness. For better and for worse, the 2012 Olympics are being shaped, shaken and indisputably changed by a social media revolution that four years ago in Beijing was in its toddlerhood.

Four days into the games, we’ve already seen

(and this is but a partial list): zz An athletes’ Twitter campaign objecting to sponsorship restrictions that went viral under the hashtag “WeDemandChange.” zz A TV viewers uprising over Olympic broadcaster NBC’s decision not to live stream the opening ceremony. zz Two athletes kicked out for racist tweets. zz A fan arrested Tuesday after a series of threat-

ening posts, including one in which he vowed to drown a British diver, and another in which he told the athlete he had failed his dead father by not winning.

For Olympics organizers who pride themselves on putting on a carefully choreographed – obsessively controlled, some would say – 17-day show, the bursts of Twitter activity are like gamma rays escaping from a solar flare. They’re impossible to stop and spellbinding to behold.

“I don’t think we would seek to control it, nor could we,” said International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams.

He said more than 15 million fans are following and participating in the Olympic experience via Twitter and other social media platforms, not to mention a good proportion of the 10,800 athletes. “Used the right way, we embrace social media,” he said. “And, if you look at the guidelines, we positively encourage it.”

The problem is, it isn’t always used that way.

The immediacy and public nature of Twitter and its propensity to induce off-the-cuff irreverence, and sometimes breathtaking ugliness, has added a new and chaotic element to an event where everything from urine samples to sponsors’ logos to London traffic is arranged with overcaffeinated attention to detail worthy of a royal wedding.

“Though organizers have

spent months touting this as the first social media Summer Games, many of them seem to have been totally unprepared for the huge impact that Twitter has had,” said Andy Miah, director of the Creative Futures Institute at the University of the West of Scotland. “I think there was some naivete about the likely role of social media from both participants and from the organizers. Many of them appear to have been wrongfooted.”

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Bikes are parked along High Street Saturday morning during MountainFest. Shops and street vendors featured specials Bikers gather on a closed portion of High Street Saturday Morning before exploring the various shops and street vendors that opened with specials during MountainFest. along High Street during the event.

Ancient Shores, Single Dads return to 123 Pleasant Street hunter homistek A&E writer

West Virginia-bred talent is set to take center stage at 123 Pleasant Street Friday, as Ancient Shores, Single Dads and Horseburner are primed to perform at the historic venue.

The show will undoubtedly appeal to fans of sludge and doom metal looking for

a rowdy live experience, but Ancient Shores guitarist B.J. Rochinich sees the show as an opportunity to impress not only the crowd in attendance, but also one of his long, lost fans: his brother.

“My brother has never seen us, or any of the bands, and will be attending the show,” Rochinich said. “I have not seen him in six years and do not plan on leaving him disappointed.”

This motivation will lead the hardcore outfit to put on

an especially poignant performance, and with a group that already feeds strongly on emotions and the crowd’s energy, this could lead to a show of epic proportions.

“We are playing a ninesong set that we have re-ordered which, to us, creates a fresh presentation of our music,” Rochinich said. “No matter what we do, you can wonder if the set ended on an upward movement or if the high points of emotion occurred elsewhere.”

In this way, Ancient Shores is able to produce a set that Rochinich likens to the Christopher Nolan film “Inception;” is there resolution in the music and the emotions invested, or does the music emotionally peak in the beginning or middle of the set?

Ancient Shores leaves this unanswered, and this results in a brand of already tense music becoming even more effective through such a noteworthy presentation.

Also taking the stage Friday night is local indie/math group Single Dads.

One of the most progressive acts on the local scene, Single Dads employs a keen understanding of rhythms, tempos and musical orchestration, and the result is a technical display of musical aptitude scarcely matched on the local circuit.

Led by guitarists and vocalists Aaron Dawson and Brian Spragg, Single Dads, like Ancient Shores, delves into its music and seeks to unearth the deep-seated emotion within each track, an endeavor it succeessfully achieves.

“In terms of approach, I actually feel we are very similar,” said Rochinich. “Live and on records, they have the same effect on me that our own music does.”

Rounding out the evening’s festivities is the Parkersburg, W. Va., stoner metal outfit, Horseburner.

With a sound that evokes classic groups like Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult, Horseburner looks to

set itself apart from the pack with a unique brand of slowmoving, 10-ton-elephantheavy rock that will have the audience bobbing its collective head.

“Horseburner has a really big sound and lots of riff dynamic,” Rochinich said.

“They make very enjoyable tunes that are even more dense in a live setting.”

Led by chugging, grudging guitars and driving percussion, Horseburner looks to open up the evening in dramatic fashion and set the stage for a raucous night of Mountain State-born musical mayhem.

“We try to keep things as fresh as possible,” Rochinich said. “We do not want to waste anyone’s time.”

The show starts at 10 p.m., and there will be a $5 cover charge for attendees. You must be 18 to enter, 21 to drink.

Ancient Shores can be heard online at http://ancientshores.bandcamp. com. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

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Bechdel’s graphic memoir touches and entertains carol fox copy desk chief

Alison Bechdel caught the literary world’s collective eye with her first graphic memoir, “Fun Home,” which relayed the story of Bechdel’s late father, someone who lived most of his life as a closeted gay man. The melancholy but beautiful tale of her father’s life and how Bechdel fit into it won readers over in 2006.

Bechdel’s most recent graphic memoir “Are You My Mother?” which she self-classifies a “comic drama,” offers an analytical but endearing approach to the life in the maternal half of Bechdel’s parental relationship.

While “Fun Home” is an attempt to understand her father posthumously, “Are You My Mother?” is clearly more of a struggle for Bechdel, as her mother is still alive. Through an almost methodical look at

her mother’s life, Bechdel discovers she has become the sort of artist her mother longed to become.

Each chapter of the book begins with illustrations of particularly bizarre (but meaningful) dreams she had while writing “Fun Home.” Oddly, though, the dreams seem to center around her mother. Each poignant dream shows that Bechdel, while working through her convoluted relationship with her father, was haunted by the holes still missing in her understanding of herself.

Once again, as she did in “Fun Home,” Bechdel uses literary figures as a sort of therapy, working through her relationship with her mother similarly to how she worked through her father’s life. Perhaps because of her father’s death or because of the secret she learns he has been hiding, “Fun Home” seems to be more carefully examined and concrete.

“Are You My Mother?” is messier, it is more fragmented, and it perfectly represents Bechdel’s relationship with her mother.

This difference in structure suggests Bechdel understood her issues with her father more readily. She didn’t know what it was that prevented her from feeling empowered by her mother; someone who Bechdel feels practiced feminism without passing it on.

She explores a question of what a few close readers of “Fun Home” might have wondered after finishing the memoir. How would Bechdel’s mother feel, portrayed as so cold, unfulfilled, and having her life opened for the entire world to read?

Bechdel’s literary references are just as impressively diverse and smart as they were in “Fun Home.”

She integrates works from the common: Freud; the comical: Dr. Seuss; and the obscure: Don Winnicott, a mid-20th century British child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

If in “Fun Home” her main comparison to her father was F. Scott Fitzgerald, then in “Are You My Mother,” Bechdel lets us know that her mother was

The Who fans trade in 1979 tickets 33 years later PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — It was December 1979 when Emery Lucier learned the concert he was eagerly awaiting in Rhode Island by British rock band The Who had been canceled over safety concerns. The 17-year-old was so angry he knocked over a chair in his high school classroom.

“I just remember being so upset about the whole thing,” he said.

Lucier, now 50, of Milford, Mass., held onto the ticket, for which he paid $25 ($12.50 for the ticket and $12.50 more for the scalper). On Tuesday, he and nine other people traded in tickets from that canceled show and got new ones for The Who’s final appearance on its Quadrophenia tour in February at the Dunkin Donuts Center, the same venue it was supposed to play 33 years ago.

The venue’s general manager, Lawrence Lepore, said earlier this month he would honor tickets for the 1979 show, which then-Mayor Buddy Cianci canceled after a stampede before a Who concert in Ohio killed 11 people.

Any 1979 tickets the venue receives will be donated to the Special Olympics of Rhode Island, which plans an August

eBay auction of the 14 tickets turned in on Tuesday.

Ed McConnell, now 50, was a high school student in Pawtucket and planned to attend the concert with about 15 friends. He said he remembers the disappointment when he heard the concert was canceled, and even now can list reasons why it was a bad decision, among them that the concert had assigned seats and not festival seating which is what was blamed for the stampede in Cincinnati.

“I still don’t agree with it,” McConnell said after trading in his and his brother’s tickets for the show.

McConnell said he met Cianci once and took the opportunity to complain.

Sandy Ball exchanged two tickets that her brother, Stephen, now of Colonial Heights, Va., had waited in line for overnight when he was a college freshman. The tickets have moved 16 times since then with Stephen, who was in the military. Ball said her family remembers the day when he learned the show was canceled.

“We had to talk him off the cliff,” she said.

Barry Belotti, now 53, of Fitchburg, Mass., estimates

he’s seen The Who 100 times but still remembers the canceled show in Providence. He had second-row tickets and had bought several other tickets for friends to come along.

“We were pretty upset about it,” he said.

He got a refund on most of the tickets after the show was canceled but kept one as a memento in a binder filled with newspaper clippings about the band and photos of singer Pete Townsend. Belotti said he is planning to see the band play on four or five stops on this tour, one he’s especially looking forward to because it’s playing the 1973 album “Quadrophenia,” which is especially meaningful for him.

“It was very instrumental in my adolescence,” Belotti said.

“Townsend’s writing, he was talking about me.”

As for Lucier, he never got a chance to see The Who perform after that canceled 1979 show, until now. He’s held onto the ticket for decades.

After he heard he could exchange his old ticket for a new one, he started digging and found it in a box with about 65 other stubs. The one for The Who was the only one that wasn’t ripped.

Scout Willis gets community service in NYC case NEW YORK (AP) — Scout Willis, the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, can do community service to resolve her public-drinking and fake-ID case, a judge said Tuesday.

Willis, who is now 21, was excused from court as a Manhattan judge agreed to dismiss her misdemeanor case if she does two days of service.

She didn’t have to enter a plea in the case, which took a curious detour into the Pakistani beer industry.

Her lawyer, Stacey Richman, said prosecutors “took a logical approach to assess-

ing the situation.”

The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment. The arrangement in Willis’ case, technically known as an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, is often offered to defendants in first-time misdemeanor cases.

The Brown University student was arrested June 4. A court complaint said she was sipping an eight-ounce can of “Pakistani beer” in Manhattan’s Union Square in violation of an open-container law.

Willis, who was then 20,

also gave police an ID with the name Katherine Kelly before ultimately showing her real ID, according to a criminal complaint. Those allegations led to a misdemeanor impersonation charge.

Richman took aim at the charges in court papers earlier this month, saying she had contacted Pakistan’s sole brewery and found it didn’t make an eight-ounce can of any alcoholic beverage and didn’t have permission to export products to the United States. The case was resolved before prosecutors responded.

Virginia Woolf.

Even though the same monochromatic color scheme can be found throughout, with red (rather than the teal of “Fun Home”), gray and black, the detail Bechdel puts into each of her panels treats the reader to Bechdel’s world. She includes sketched renderings of photographs of her mother. As always Bechdel is unafraid to break out of the panel’s restrictions with her artwork. She breaks down the traditional comic book building blocks by using a photo-collage effect on some pages.

While Bechdel doesn’t seem to withhold anything about her mother – who she claims stopped kissing her goodnight at the young age of 7 – through this often hilarious, always touching graphic memoir, Bechdel redeems and comes closer to understanding her seemingly cold and distant mother. carol.fox@mail.wvu.edu

Allison Bechdel’s ‘Are You MY Mother?’ hit the book stores May 2012.

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What’s new: A guide to the next great comic alec berry web editor

Each and every month, new comic books come and go in spurts and droves, and while the right purchase may be clear to the already aware reader, individuals only roughly aware of the medium may be in need of an encouraging recommendation, or three.

‘Prophet, Volume 1: Remission’ Brandon Graham, Simon Roy Image Comics This trade paperback collects the first six issues

of the already critically acclaimed science fiction series, “Prophet.” Blowing the dust off of an old Rob Liefeld concept, this reimagining takes from a mid1990s series of the same name and completely reinvents the stakes, setting and protagonist.

The book follows a man by the name of John Prophet who, after countless years of hibernation, awakes in a universe far from our own and must restart the “Earth Empire.”

Of course, the plot becomes a little more complicated than that as things progress, but the beauty of this comic book derives from its atmosphere and setting development.

Like all hard science fiction, the gold’s in the fictional background, and writer Brandon Graham (“King City”) certainly understands this principle as he directs the reader with stoic narration.

Graham leads this creative effort, but he’s not alone. Alongside him, an equally talented roundtable of illustrators such as Simon Roy and Farel Dalrymple decorate Graham’s prose and show exactly what a comic book artist can add to the final product.

Top Shelf While cartoonist Jeff Lemire has been off producing work for the corporate IP house of DC Comics, he has also been patiently working on his next original graphic novel for the Portland, Ore.based publisher Top Shelf.

Titled “The Underwater Welder,” this project marks Lemire’s return to the format which birthed his career as well as furthers his general interest of father/ son narratives.

As the solicitation text tells us: “As an under water welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deepsea work. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood.

As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from his young wife and their unborn son. Then one night, deep in the icy solitude of the ocean floor, something unexplainable happens.

Jack has a mysterious and supernatural encounter that will change the ‘The Un d e r w a t e r course of his life forever.”

Welder’ Lemire’s the type of cartoonist who can conjure up Jeff Lemire Through various measured and master-crafted strokes of storytelling, they bring the world of “Prophet” to life and deliver a science fiction comic more dependent on its thematic complexity and subtlty rather than spectacle or blatant remarks.

This one’s received plenty of positive responses thus far, and it will certainly mark a handful of critics’ “Best Of ” lists come year’s end. Pick this up, and let the world of “Prophet” envelop you.

“Prophet” will arrive in stores Aug. 15.

Bryan Lee O’Malley Oni Press No. This isn’t new Scott Pilgrim, but in case anyone who read the black and white paperbacks wanted a color experience, well, here you go .

This reprint marks Oni Press’s first in a series of newly colored hardback editions of the immensely popular series.

And while it’s nothing new, colorist Nathan Fairbairn (“Batman Incorporated”) will be able to bring his own touch to O’Malley’s masterpiece while also supplying the text with a little bit of that extra “zing” found in Edgar Wright’s film adaptation.

Personally, I won’t purchase these, but for a fan of the film, this might make a nice gift.

Also, if you’re a big fan of the series, it could be of interest to you as O’Malley and Oni Press plan to include all sorts of extras and bonus materials in each volume.

Volume 1 arrives in stores Aug. 8.

If you are interested in reading any of these, please check out one of Morgantown’s comic book ‘Scott Pilgrim Color stores or Amazon.

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emotion like few others, yet he also seems to trap himself with this skill, weakening his work at times under the pressures of too much melodrama.

“The Underwater Welder” will most certainly supply Lemire’s trademark willow tree line art, but I’m hoping his script can find some sense of backbone to propel his usual haunts past the utter dependence on emotion for applause.

As “Lost Dogs” has shown us, Lemire can hit a reader in more places than their tear ducts. Let’s hope he throws those punches.

“Lost Dogs” arrives in stores Aug. 7.

Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion, readies reggae CD NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg wants you to know that he’s tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about.

Also, he’s got a new name: Snoop Lion.

The artist said at a news conference Monday in New York that he was “born again” during a visit to Jamaica in February and is ready to make music that his “kids and grandparents can listen to.”

The former gangster rap-

per is releasing a reggae album called “Reincarnated” in the fall. He said that in Jamaica, he connected with Bob Marley’s spirit and is now “Bob Marley reincarnated.”

Bob Marley’s son Rohan attended the conference and gave Snoop his blessing.

“I feel like I’ve always been Rastafarian,” Snoop said of the spiritual Jamaican movement. While there, he said, he visited a temple, was renamed Snoop Lion and was also

given the Ethiopian name Berhane, meaning “light of the world.”

Snoop didn’t explain why he was switching from “Dogg” to “Lion,” but it’s likely a reference to the Lion of Judah, a religious symbol popular in Rastafarian and Ethiopian culture.

Later, he played five songs for a small crowd, including one called “No Guns Allowed.” It features his daughter and includes the lyrics, “No guns allowed in here tonight, we’re going to have a free for all, no

fights.”

“It’s so tragic that people are doing stupid things with guns,” he said.

Snoop, best known for hits like “Gin and Juice” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” is an avid supporter of marijuana rights and has been banned from entering Norway for two years after trying to enter the country with a small amount last month.

He said that in Jamaica, where he stayed for 35 days, he grew closer to his wife, who saw his transition. He added that he’s excited to

perform music that his family and children can listen to.

“As a 40-year-old man ...

I’ve got to give them something,” he said. “That’s what you do when you’re wise.”

Snoop Dogg said he’s not completely retiring from hip-hop but is “tired” of the genre because it is no longer challenging.

“Reggae was calling ... it’s a breath of fresh air,” he said. “Rap isn’t challenging; it’s not appealing.”

The album was produced

by Diplo and will feature

Snoop singing. It will be released on Vice Records.

The album will be followed with a documentary of the same name, also produced by Vice. It features Snoop making music and will include some personal elements of his life, a producer of the film said. It will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

A coffee table book about Snoop’s rebirth is also in the works.

“It feels like I’m 19 or 20 years old again,” he said.